Shelfmark
Cr.3.3.05 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gn.8.20 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Fi.9.19 (Copy 3)
Author
Uniform title
[Epitome rerum Romanorum]
Title
L. Annæus Florus. Cl. Salmasius, addidit Lucium Ampelium, e cod. MS. nunquam antehac editum.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugd. Batav. : Apud Elzevirios, Anno M.DC.XXXVIII. [1638]
Physical description
[8], 336, [16] p. ; 13 cm. (12mo)
Note
According to Willems, this is the first edition of 1638, with a female figure and cornucopia in the head-piece over the dedicatory epistle, and pages 200 and 336 correctly numbered.
Note
Engraved title-page.
Note
Includes Ampelius' "Liber memorialis".
Note
Second text has its own half title page: Lucius Ampelius ex Bibliotheca Cl. Salmasii [p. [291]].
Note
Also contains: Ad Florum variarum lectionum libellus, collectus ex notis Gruteri, Salmasii, Vineti, & editionibus [p. 247-290].
Note
A variant state of the engraved title-page has "S.R.Q.R.", corrected in the later state to "S.P.Q.R." (cf. Willems).
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Citation/references note
Willems, 467
Citation/references note
Rahir, 461
Citation/references note
Rahir, 462
Provenance
[Cr.3.3.05]: Book label of Sartre de Caveyrac.
Provenance
[Cr.3.3.05]: Ms. ex libris of ?S. M. Ferrerius, with note on purchase ?at Avignon.
Provenance
[Fi.9.19]: Storer bequest booklabel dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
[Fi.9.19]: Ink monogram stamp of Narcissus Luttrell on t.p. verso, dated 1707 in ms.
Binding
[Cr.3.3.05]: 17th century gold-tooled calf.
Binding
[Gn.8.20]: 19th century cross-grain citron morocco; blind tooled double fillet border; gold tooled bead roll on board edges; gold tooled bead roll and double fillet with small fleurons on turn-ins; blind tooled double fillet on spine; gold tooled title letters; marbled endpapers.
Binding
[Fi.9.19]: 18th-century straight-grained red morocco; border and spine decoration of single gold fillets; spine title lettered in gold; gilt text block edges; marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
[Gn.8.20]: Engraved title-page is variant reading "S.R.Q.R."
Copy-specific note
[Fi.9.19]: Previously: Ce.3.1.02, EC D2.14.
Subject
Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.C.
Added entry--name
Saumaise, Claude, 1588 - 1653 editor.
Added entry--name
Ampelius, Lucius. Liber memorialis.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--name
Luttrell, Narcissus, 1657 - 1732 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B15410